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MIT Mobility Lab's "Leveraged Freedom Chair" (Core 77, BoingBoing)

This open-source tech, constructed with bicycle parts, is designed so that it can be constructed for under $100 USD.

3rd Gen Leveraged Freedom Chair - MIT Mobility Labs

 

Link to Cory Doctorow’s piece, Wheelchair for the developing world: cheap, rugged and easy to maintain, on BoingBoing.

The Core77 Article: Case Study: Leveraged Freedom Chair, by Amos Winter and Jake Child.

The Freedom Chair’s own website.

The MIT Mobility Lab site.